Editors' Blog
A Pall over the Holidays - the Joblessness Crisis Intensifies
Left Margin via BlackCommentatorIt was fascinating to observe the response, across the political spectrum, to the November unemployment statistics.
A jobs-centered approach to African American community development: The crisis of African American unemployment requires federal intervention
Millions of African Americans live in communities that lack access to good jobs and good schools and suffer from high crime rates.
Jared Bernstein -- Bloice's Quote of the Day -- Nov 22, 2011
Quote of the Day November 21, 2011
Bernie Sanders is right
The passage of the "Debt Ceiling Bill" marks a dangerous moment for the workers movement in this country. As Vermont's Independent Senator, Bernie Sanders, has so clearly pointed out this "Debt Ceiling Compromise" is in fact, a sweeping victory for the wealthy, the largest Corporations and Banks and the ultra-right.
GOP's manufactured debt crisis was all about killing jobs
The Republican-manufactured debt crisis and the subsequent compromise "budget control act" will kill jobs, more than 300,000 by some estimates.
Broadly speaking: More on the "Satan Sandwich"
Coalition on Human Needs Statement: the Budget Control ActWashington, DC: The Coalition on Human Needs released this statement by Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director:
Tea party took America hostage on debt ceiling
From the Communist Party:
[Update] Broadly Speaking: Standing up to Republican hostage taking
From Health Care for America Now!:
Two-thirds of Americans say jobs are more important than deficit
This from AFL-CIO Now:
Labor responds to White House event with Wal-Mart
Joint Statement by AFL-CIO Pres.
